| Birth Date: | 18 May 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Winchester, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 2001–present |
| Children: | 2[1] [2] |
Matthew Long[3] (born May 18, 1980)[4] is an American actor. He is best known for playing Ezekiel Landon in the NBC/Netflix sci fi drama Manifest (2019–2023), and his roles in the television series Jack & Bobby (2004–2005), and the films Ghost Rider (2007) and Sydney White (2007).
Long was born in Winchester, Kentucky, to an insurance salesman father and an assistant teacher mother.[5] He has one younger sibling, Zach. He attended Western Kentucky University[6] where he met his wife, Lora. He was also a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. After graduation, Long moved to New York City, where he worked as an actor in various theaters. In 2004 he was cast as a lead on the critically acclaimed but short-lived The WB drama series Jack & Bobby, and later starred in several TV pilots and appeared in movies, including Ghost Rider and Sydney White.
Long played the lead role in the short-lived ABC drama series The Deep End in 2010.[6] He also had the recurring role of Joey Baird in the AMC drama series Mad Men, and in 2012 was cast in the ABC pilot Gilded Lilys, created and produced by Shonda Rhimes.[7] Rhimes later cast him in her medical drama Private Practice in a recurring role as Dr. James Peterson.[8] In 2013, Long was cast as a lead in another ABC drama series, Lucky 7.[9] [10] [11]
In 2019, Long appeared as the recurring character Zeke Landon during the first season of the NBC drama Manifest, and was promoted to the main cast for season 2.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Private Nutsack | |||
| 2007 | Ghost Rider | Young Johnny Blaze | ||
| Sydney White | Tyler Prince | |||
| 2009 | Homecoming | Mike Donaldson | ||
| 2018 | All the Creatures Were Stirring | Eric | Segment: "Dash Away All" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–2005 | Jack & Bobby | Jack McCallister | Main role Nominated – Prism Award for Best Performance in a Drama Series | |
| 2006 | Secrets of a Small Town | Chad Wilson | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Deceit | Dave Ford | TV movie | ||
| 2010 | Dylan Hewitt | Main role | ||
| Mad Men | Joey Baird | Recurring role Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | ||
| 2011 | Love Bites | Matt | Episodes: "Keep on Truckin'", "Sky High", "Modern Plagues" | |
| 17th Precinct | Jimmy Travers | TV pilot | ||
| 2012 | Gilded Lilys | John Kidd | TV pilot | |
| Brad | Episode: "The 112th Congress" | |||
| 2012–2013 | Private Practice | Dr. James Peterson | Recurring role | |
| 2013–2014 | Lucky 7 | Matt Korzak | Main role | |
| 2015 | Helix | Dr. Kyle Sommers | Main role (season 2) | |
| 2017 | Graves | Jesse Enright | Episode: "The Opposite of People"[12] | |
| 2018 | Timeless | Ryan Millerson | Guest role | |
| Christmas Joy | Ben Andrews | TV movie | ||
| Det. Stephen Hopper | TV movie | ||
| 2019–2023 | Manifest | Zeke Landon | Recurring role (season 1); Main role (seasons 2–4) | |
| 2024 | Tracker | US Marshal Jeremy Boyd | Episode: "Out of the Past" |